| 单词 | retool |
| 释义 | retool (once / 18240 pages) 1v 2v When you change something by reshaping or altering it, you retool it. A candidate who's doing badly in the polls might try to retool his image before the election. If an elementary school is getting dozens of new students, they may need to retool the classrooms to accommodate everyone. And, when new car models need to incorporate the latest safety features, engineers often have to retool their designs. Another way to use this verb is to mean "equip with new tools." You might, for example, retool your mom's basement workroom as a birthday present. WORD FAMILYretool: retooled, retooling, retools+/tool: retool, tooled, tooling, tools USAGE EXAMPLESDocket clerks and court officers have been arguing for higher pay and a retooled employee classification review system. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) A better message, Vilsack said, would be built around partnering with local communities to retool economies hurt by technological change or globalization. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) Mr. Marchionne is retooling Fiat’s focus as well, moving it from elite to accessible. Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) 1 v revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving 2We must retool the town's economy Syn|Hyper revise reorganise, reorganize, shake up organize anew v provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools Hyper exchange, interchange, replace, substitute put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items |
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